Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2194282)

Pickleball is a fad. Sorta like dance marathons, Gangnam-style dancing and twerking.

It will go away soon (fingers crossed...)

Originally Posted by Pgcacace (Post 2194630)

The only difference is at the no volley zone in PB. The back of the court is similar to the strokes in tennis in many cases.

Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2194549)

Orthopedic doctors love it.

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2194567)

Indeed!

Then again, so is fentanyl.

Did a little quick research though on the topic (see below)

FAMOUS TENNIS PLAYERS

List starts with tennis as essentially played today, with racquets that hit balls over a net. In actuality the roots of the game are shrouded in antiquity, with Herodotus referring to tennis-like games played as far back as 450 BC.

Charles I (king of France) credited with building a royal tennis court at the Louvre in 1368.
Francis I (king of France 1515-1547)
Henry VIII (King of England 1509-1547). When he wasn't beheading wives, of course...
Leslie Ronaldson (contemporary of King Henry VIII) one of the first known professional tennis players.
Major Charles Wingfield, Englishman credited with standardizing tennis equipment.
James I (King of Scotland)
Edward VI (King of England)
Elizabeth I (Queen of England)
Frederick (Prince of Wales) who actually died 1n 1751 from an infection caused by being hit in the abdomen with a tennis ball.
Monsieur Masson (pre-eminent tennis professional of his time, who apparently made quite a good living betting on his matches.
Madame Bunell, French woman circa 1760, who took on and beat most of the better-known tennis players of her time, including the British champion Mr Tompkyns, who she beat soundly two sets to one.
Madame Masson (related by marriage to Monsieur Masson, about whom it was said, about 1790 or so, "Madame Masson, the celebrated tennis-player, lately arrived from Paris, has had an audience with his Royal Highness the Duke of York. This Gallic heroine of the racquet, it seems challenges to play with any person in Europe for one thousand guineas."
Napoleon III (Emperor of France 1852-1870)

Oh--and it is worth mentioning that lawn tennis was one of the original nine sports chosen for the first modern Olympic games in 1896.

And then of course we get to, say, the past 140 years or so and names most of us will recognize, such as the first Wimbledon Champion Spencer Gore (1877), the U.S. Championships in 1880 (won, incidentally, by an Englishman, O.E. Woodhouse), followed by in no particular order, Rod Laver, Stan Smith, Billy Jean King, Serena Williams, John McEnroe, Helen Willis, Bill Tilden, Andre Agassi, Maria Sharapova, Ermyntrude Harvey, Pancho Gonzalez, Don Budge, Margaret Court, Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras, etc. etc. etc.

And now,

FAMOUS PICKLEBALL PLAYERS

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Originally Posted by Wondering (Post 2194586)

I wouldn't want to live near courts. I live in-between Truman and BeCall courts. Both are about a half a mile away and if the wind is blowing toward my house in either direction, I can hear the pickleball impact.

Originally Posted by Pgcacace (Post 2194625)

You had best get used to living w pickleball. It is so much easier than tennis to learn at an older age. I am a converted tennis player. The Villages did not build over 200 courts for a fleeting fad. It is mental therapy for many of us, besides the fun and exercise.

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 2194675)

Around 2018, I used to walk around a local dog park's 5 acre back field with a professional pickleball instructor who was here for about 6 months teaching Villagers pickleball. She was from Sebring, FL. Or, maybe, still is.


Pickleball is quite a lot bigger now here in the Villages. This instructor probably could be living her full time. Or, go almost anywhere else as well as be just as busy.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2194800)

A professional Pickle's ball INSTRUCTOR. That is almost as humorous as having a professional BREATHING instructor. It takes about 5 min to learn to play Pickle's ball

Originally Posted by npwalters (Post 2194761)

I would venture that the health benefits from doing something active routinely far outweigh the orthopedic problems.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2194800)

A professional Pickle's ball INSTRUCTOR. That is almost as humorous as having a professional BREATHING instructor. It takes about 5 min to learn to play Pickle's ball

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 2194803)

Do you play regularly, in a league?